Continuous Counsel

“How we are at the small scale is how we are at the large scale.” - adrienne maree brown

Ongoing legal advice that helps you set the right patterns for growth.

Fractals are complex geometric patterns found everywhere in nature. The beauty of these complex shapes arises from the continuous repetition of simple patterns in an ongoing feedback loop across scales. Fractals you might know: snowflakes, crystals, rivers, lightning, kaleidoscopes, fern fronds, the branching alveoli of your lungs, the starry galaxies hanging in the night sky.

Fractals are a wonderful metaphor for a creative career. Your values are expressed in your individual decisions. If your actions are consistent and continuous, your efforts multiply over time, resulting in a thriving business, sterling reputation, and lasting legacy.

Continuous Counsel, our ongoing service plan, is designed to grow your business with a fractal approach. When you join Continuous Counsel, our team of attorneys will examine the fundamental patterns in your business, help you align your decisions and your values, and enable you to grow your creative practice at scale - continuously.

Continuous Counsel offers three tiers of support:

Start (3 months): New businesses are encouraged to set healthy patterns immediately, and rely on our team to help form and repeat these patterns across all areas of business, in negotiations, and a part of a long-term strategy.

Reset (6 months): Our team helps existing businesses inventory intellectual property, designate areas of weakness and opportunity, and identify patterns that should repeat - and those that should not.

Scale (monthly retainer): Implement Legal works with your business as a part-time independent contractor, continuously evaluating systems, decisions, and directions. For a set monthly rate, we are available as your business grows and changes, helping you adapt with intention, and keeping your patterns healthy all along the way.

For more information about these services, please download our PDF brochure.

  • “In-house counsel” are full-time lawyers at large organizations like Target or Apple. These lawyers provide immediate answers to legal matters that impact daily operations. In-house counsel is fully dedicated to a company; they have no other clients, deeply understand every aspect of the company, and advise leadership on policies and decisions that might not be specifically legal in nature, including marketing, hiring, acquisitions, and growth.

    Small creative businesses usually don’t have full-time lawyer on staff, and sometimes don’t have a Chief Financial or Chief of Operations, either. Yet, they also need immediate answers to legal questions and guidance on operational decisions, too. But small businesses typically can’t afford to keep a full-time lawyer on staff, so they have to track down their attorney, get onto their schedule, and pay expensive hourly rates.

    With Continous Counsel, you get the benefits of in-house counsel without the cost and commitment of hiring a full-time employee. Our team becomes intimately familiar with your creative business so that we can provide the advice you need when you need it.

  • No, we work as independent contractors. We will work with you as members of your team - for example, you can give us a company email address and we will communicate on your behalf. But we will not become part-time or full-time employees.

  • Continuous Counsel clients have a fully separate track. They have a dedicated phone line and receive priority responses to time-sensitive matters. These clients also receive ongoing reviews of legal documents, intellectual property, financial systems, and insurance needs. Service plans include unlimited phone calls and emails, a monthly 90-minute review meeting, and quarterly meetings with bookkeepers and tax professionals. We select one major project to work on each month, such as an operating agreement, trademark registration, or employee agreement. We also manage outsourced legal services, consulting with colleagues on your behalf as necessary.

  • We offer three tiers of service as 6-month and 12-month plans, billed monthly. Read all the details in this downloadable PDF: Continuous Counsel

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